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(785) 296-3053 • 900 S.W. Jackson Street, Suite 507 • Topeka, Kansas 66612-1257 • http://www.kansas.gov/ksbtp/ Volume 16 No. 3 July, August, September 2011 Two Board Members Honored for Service Richard Moberly 1942~2011 Richard Lee Moberly, 68 of De Soto, KS passed away on June 10, 2011. Richard was born on December 13, 1942, in Kansas City, KS to Clyde and Ann Moberly. He graduated from UMKC with a B.S. in Geology. He worked for Woodward, Clyde & Associates (now URS Corporation) and was KSBTP Board Chairperson David Hoffman KSBTP Board Chairperson David Hoffman V.P. and Senior Geologist. He was a member of the presents award to Cecil Kingsley, P.E. for presents award to Phil Meyer, L.A. for Association of Engineering Geologists, a Board appreciation of his service to the Board of appreciation of his service to the Board of Member of the Kansas State Board of Technical Technical Professions. Technical Professions. Professions and served as Chairman from 2008-2009, a Subject Matter Expert for the National Association of State Boards of Geology (ASBOG), a committee Board Chair David Hoffman presented plaques Chair, and as Board Secretary, Vice Chair and member of ASTM D18 and received an Outstanding of appreciation for service to two Board Members Chair. Mr. Hoffman thanked Mr. Kingsley for his Achievement Award in 2005, a member of ASTM at the April 15, 2011 meeting of the Board. Cecil mentoring, leadership and dedication to the Board. Council of Examiners, and received ASTM Standard Kingsley, P.E., has completed twelve years on the Phil Meyer, Landscape Architect, has completed of Excellence Award 1999-2002, a member of the Board, originally appointed in 1999. During this two terms on the Board, originally appointed in Kansas Geological Survey Advisory Council, and time Mr. Kingsley served three years as the Chair 2003. served on the City of De Soto Planning Commission from 2003-2008. He was a registered Geologist in of the PE/LS Committee, as Complaint Committee Kansas, Missouri and Iowa. Richard is survived by his wife, Linda and his son and daughter-in-law, Steven and Rebecca of Vieques Island, Puerto Rico. Licensure Recognition Inside this Issue Ceremony July 29, 2011 Disciplinary Action Taken The Board of Technical Professions is pleased to by the Board. .3-4 announce the 6th licensure recognition ceremony to be KSBTP Exam Dates and Locations for held on July 29, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. The ceremony began in Engineering, Land Surveying and July 2008 as a partnership between the Board, the Kansas Society of Professional Engineers and the Kansas Society Geology. .5 of Land Surveyors. It has expanded and now also includes Presort Standard US Postage NCEES Announces Changes to Exams the Association of Environmental and Engineering PAID and Supporting Material. .5 Geologists, the American Institute of Architects in Kansas, Permit #14 and the Prairie Gateway Chapter of the American Society Princeton, MN NCARB Regional Meeting News . 6 of Landscape Architects. The ceremony is to honor current resident or 55371 those individuals who have passed their licensing exams 2011 CLARB Spring Meeting. .6 between January 2011 and June 2011. The ceremony will be held in the Auditorium of Memorial Hall, 10th and New KSBTP Certificates of Authorization. 7 Jackson in Downtown Topeka. New licensees will receive Cancelled Certificates of Authorization and an invitation. Family members are invited to attend the Licenses. 8 ceremony. The Board encourages attendance by supervisors, In Memoriam . 8 mentors, and members of their firms to celebrate this momentous step in their professional careers. Page 2 • Kansas Technical Professions July, August, September 2011 Kansas Board of Technical Professions 900 Jackson St. Suite 507 AGENCY MISSION BOARD STAFF Topeka, KS 66612-1257 To provide maximum protection of the health, safety Routing your calls to the numbers below will allow our (785) 296-3053 and welfare of the people of Kansas by assuring that the staff to better assist you by answering questions about the www.kansas.gov/ksbtp practice of engineering, architecture, land surveying, areas they handle. You may also leave a message on our landscape architecture and geology in the state is carried voice mail if we are unavailable. 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The Kansas Board of Technical Professions and the Arthur L. Davis Publishing Agency, Inc. shall not be liable for any consequences resulting from purchase or use of advertisers’ products from the advertisers’ opinions, expressed or reported, or the claims made herein. July, August, September 2011 Kansas Technical Professions • Page 3 Disciplinary Action Taken by the Board Disclaimer: Every effort and the Board’s costs in the amount of $2,136.69 for a total IN THE MATTER OF TEAGUE ELECTRIC has been made to ensure that fine and costs of $4,636.69. Additionally, both respondents CONSTRUCTION, UNLICENSED ENGINEERING the following enforcement were ordered to immediately cease and desist the practice information is correct; however, of engineering in the State of Kansas until such time as they Summary: Respondent, Teague Electric Construction, is this information should not be obtained a license or a certificate of authorization to do so. not licensed to practice engineering in the State of Kansas relied upon without verification nor does it hold a Certificate of Authorization authorizing it to from the Kansas board office. Status: Dan Castelan and Castelan Drafting have not practice engineering in the State of Kansas. During late 2009, It should be noted that the complied with the terms of the order. the Kansas State Board of Technical Professions received a names of business entities and Report of Alleged Violation Form from a former employee individuals listed may be similar IN THE MATTER OF J. CHRISTOPHER GALE, of Teague Electric Construction in which it was indicated to the names of parties who have UNLICENSED ARCHITECTURE that to said individual’s knowledge, no one in Teague Electric not had enforcement actions Construction is a licensed professional engineer, but that taken against them. Disciplinary Mark L. Bennett Jr. Summary: The Kansas State Board of Technical the company website has numerous references to “in-house orders are public information Professions received information that J. Christopher Gale engineering”, “electrical consulting services” and “electrical and copies may be obtained by contacting the board office. and/or J. Christopher Gale & Co. had engaged in the practice design and construction” for projects. of architecture with regard to a remodel project at the Dwight D.